Generator.



Patented Dec. 19, 1911 5 SHEETS-SIIB11T 1.

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GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.L191L C. A. STREET.

GENERATOR.

APPLICATION F1LEDAUG.1, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

awuemto's Cbcmies 2 2 Street O. A. STREET.

GENERATOR.

APELIOATION FILFI) AUG. 1, 1911.

1,012,476. Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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GENERATOR.

APPLICATION rum) AUCL 1, 1011.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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CHARLES A. STREET, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GEN lillEtA'l OR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Palimtcd Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed August 1, 1911. Serial No. 641,738.

This invention relates to gas engines and has especialreicrence to that clase'oit gas engines in which a-combustible mixture of gas and air is ignited in the engine.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved gas engine by means of which the gas and air are separately fed to a conr bastion chamber remote from the operating piston and cylinder and ignited and the products of combustion cooled and then mixed with team conveyed to the operating piston and cylinder.

The invention further has for its object to j provide an improved gas engine by means-i ct ll 2 anports it) and '17 open into a combos which gas and air are separately conveyed to a (:(iItlbtlStlOll chamber ren'iote from the opcrating piston and cylinder and ignited therein, and the heat from the products of combustion reduced so as to be safely worked in the engine.

With these and other objects the invention consists of certain novel constructions, conibinations and arrangements 0t parts as here inafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drtuw i11;;;&31--l "ig.tltc 'l is a view in longitudinal section with parts broken away of a gas onggrine constructed in accordance with this invention. .i ig. is a "icw in crosa section of the generator and ports connectedv therewith including the gas and air inlet ports, and a diagrammatic view of the means for igniting the spark. .llig'. i is a plan view of the generator and the combustion chandler connected therewith. cross section oi. the generator on the line K -X. Fig. 1.

Fig. et is a. view ini Fig. 5 is a view in cross sec I ion of the generator on the line Y---Y, Fig.

, chamber 28 which opens Into the upper part 1. Fig. (3 an enlarged detail view in vertical section with parts broken away of the automatic fuel tee-den, Fig. 7 is a. detail; view of the air teed valve chest and ports llig. this an i ,cild view of the generator, the condwstion l l ol? the casing fit) and downward to the lower and the corntmstion chamber.

chimober and casing ol? the air and gas ports of the combustion chamber. Fo t) is on clnlmbc r and the gas and air ports connected therewith.

The apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention consists ol. a cylindrical casino 1. Forming the generatingchamber whi h connected by a pipe 2 with the valve chest 3 of the ordinary form of engine, said valve cheat being connected by ports 3' with a cylinder 4 in which is located a. piston -l mounted on a piston rod 5 extending through said cylinder and operated by the engine and projecting at its forward end into a cylinder 6 in which is located a piston 7 for compressing ai in said cylinder. The cylinder ('5 is provided with intake valves 8 controlled by cut off mechanisms 8 and with discharge valves 9. The cylinder 6 is connected by a pipe 10 with the lower end of an air reservoir 11 which'is connected b a pipe 12 with the air lccd valve chest 13 covering the 'alvc cheat. 14. into which opens the this port 15 and the air ports 16 and 17.

tion chamber 18 mounted on one end of the generator ll. Covcrlng' the ports 15 and i6 and 17 ls a valve l9 located in the valve wheat l t and mounted on a piston rod 20 having one end projctrting beyond the stuffing box 20 and serving as a balancing stem, the other end of the lSiOl] rod 90 projecting into a cylinder i l and havingmounted thereon a piston .52 movable in said cylinder. Pl'ttlttlllJ'lfl into tho cylinder it is a Screw rod 1%.; provided with a win-cl handle .34; by means ol' which the rod may be advanced into the cylinder 21 to bear against the end ol the piston L'il and thereby lorlc the valve lil in closed position over the ports 15, ill, and iii.

The cylinder ill is connected by a steam pipe 25 with the generator 1 and the conr bastion chamber 1% is connected by a passage way Elli with an injection tube 27 extendinglongitudinally through the generator I and aupportcd at; its outer end in a par litioo :27 and opening into an expansion olf the generator 1 by means ol" an opening an. Projecting); horizoniallv in the. upper part ol the generator 1. with its open end facing toward the opening 18' is one end of a pipe 2.) which projects through the bottom part of the generator I and longitudinally end view in cross section of the combustion through the same into the expansion chaznoer :11. (l forming a loop therein and back from said chambe" and up into the casing li l, with a sheet of asbestos 230 whereby the heat is retained within the generator 1.

Mounted on the generator 1 is a relief valve ill and connected with the generator l is a pipe $.32 having on its end a page -33. Connected with the upper end of the air reservoir ll a pipe llhaviug on its end a gage 85 and mounted on the top of the air reservoir ll is a relief valve ill). Located adjacent to the upper end of: the reservoir 11 is an automatic the] feeder 37 .which is connected at its lower end by a pipe 38 with a fuel supply tank 39, the upper end of the automatic t'uel feeder 37 being connected with the air reservoir 11 by means of a pipe 39" cont rolled by a valve ll), a, branch pipe all being connected with and i'lepending from said pipe and connected at its lower end by a valve joint A l with one end olf an air intake pipe -12 controlled by a check valve '43. Itlounted in the upper end of the passage way in the lower end of the automatic fuel feeder 37 is a valvesll mounted on a rod to Which secured at the upper end of theautoinatic ii'uel feeder a diapl'iragin all,

said rod-45 having at its upper end a bah.

ance stein 4-7 which yond a bushing 1 8, 7

Connected with the lower end olf'the automatic t'ucl'fecder is a laterally projecting pipe ell which connected with one end oil" a. pipe which ester-ids down to the fuel sup ply tank 3%) and in which pipe is located a pump 51. driven by the engine. Also eon nccting with the pipe 4:!) is a pipe 52 controlled by a valfvc 53, the pipe 5'2 leading to projects through and hean air chamber 57L which is connected by means 01' a pipe \vitha pipe 56 depending from a generating chamber 57, the pipe 56 haying drain cool: 56 at its lewer end.

The generating chamber 57 is connected by a slant pipe 58with the gas port 15 and by a pipe 5!) with why-pass mixing chamber 69, said pipe 59 being controlled by a valve (31 on the lower end of a screw stem 62 having mounted on its upper end a lateral arm (33 connected, l y an arm (llwith a lateral arm as ha ing at its lower end a valve (37 which controls a pipe 8 leading to the main air sppply pipe 12" The valves (31 and (17 ar operated by means of a handle (3%) connected to the lever (35.

Projecting into a water supply reservoir is a pipe Tl which is connected by a branch pipe 72 with the water jacket 73 ot' the cyl inder (S, the water being pumped into said water jaclcet: by a pump T l operated by the engine, Leading 'l'roui the water jacket 7-; is a pipe 'T-l' by means o'l which water is supplied to the generator 1 thereby forming a water jacket- 75 about the injection tube '27. The bottom of the generator 57 is formed 'l he flfllcl'illt l' l is prelrralily covered 1 o'l a plate Tl prcterablv chamber (it) a spark plug 832 which'is ignitcd by means of an elect ical apparatus consisting of a battery 8? connected by branch wires S-l: with a double throw switch 85. which in turn is coi'inected-by a wire 86 with spark coil 87, said spark coil being connected by a. vcire S8 with the ground and by a wire 90 with the spark plug the switch 85 being connected also by a wire 91 with the wire 88.

Located in the air teed valve chest 13 are auxiliary air ports 92 and 93 which are controlled by valves on a stem 9t operated by a handle 95, as shown in Fig. 7. he amount of air conveyed to the compressor regu lated by an air pressure regulator 96, as

( luently, there is no danger of the (:QIUlTdS- tion charge igniting" past the valve. The

ted titre ugh the pipe 58 to the generating chamber 5? and is there vaporized by the plate 76 heated by the gasolene burner 77. The fuel is'fcd to the-heated plate 76' under the/ same pressure that the air is fedg which is 310 pounds per square inch gage pressure. The tool is fed by gravity from the auton'iatic fuel :t'e'eder 37, the latter being loc: led at a suithhlc' distance above the level of the plate To The gas will. automatically control itself since fuel fed to the vaporizing plate 76 will create more gas hence the 'u'cssure will exceed the air pressure momentarily. This will 'lorcethe t'uclfhacl; into the automatic *luel feeder 3? unlil all the tuel is Forced away from the healed plate In so that no more gas will be generated until the gas already supplied has been llslul up.- This will cause the gas pct"- sure to slight ly exceed the airpressure, such excessdepending upon the distance the fuel lrwler :37 is placed above. the plate '76. The

l'uel i:-: automatically regulated by the diaphragm ll; since as the :t'uel is pumped into the 'lucl 'leeder PJlhi-(mgh the pipe 50 when the pressure increases on the lower side of the diaphragm to it will he deflected upward, slight y lifting the valve all; andtherchy permitting the fuel to return through the pipe to the reservoir 39. By means of a sight glass ill in the lower end of the fuel feeder 37 it can be *asily determined whether the fuel feed pump 51 is working properly. The check valve 13 prevents any air returning from the fuel chamber. The extension -17 of the rod 45 serves as a balance to the pressure on the valve i l. Sediment may be drawn oil from the chamber of the feeder 37 by means of a drain coch 4S.

Gas is fed to the combustion chamber 18 by means of the valve 19 where it comes in. contact with the air from the port (50. The air port shouldbe five times wide as the gas port. This is necessary in order to obtain a suitable mixture. l-lowever, the mixture does not explode in this generator but is rapidly expanded after becoming ignited.

' l h e stem 20 having the balance end projecting into the outside air provides a proper combustion area since the piston limits the pressure inthe generator to 210 pounds per square inch. At 200 pounds the pressure on the upper side of the piston 22 exceeds that on the underside and thus causes it to descend carrying with it the valve 15) which shuts oil the n'iixture from the combustion eliainber.

\Vhen the valve 19 is completely closed over the ports 15, 16, and 17 and in order to reignite the charge when the valve-is open, another charge is fed in constantly' on a small scale from the bypass mixing chamber out of the bypass injection tube into the combustion chamber 15 and the by pass tlanie ignited by the spark plug 512 by closing the switch By means ofthc cock U0 it can be determined whether the bypass flame is burning properly.

By means ol? the hand whecl Z-lthe thi'eajdcd stem 33 is operated to lock the and the valve 15) thereby preventpistonflj in e' th i ports 15, lb. and 11 'lrom bring uncovcrcd. This is necessary when lirst starting inordcr to prevent the unburned charge lrom tllltlfllltf into the combustion chamber until the fuel has had time tp, gentrate into gas \vh ichircrpiircs but a tow minutcsi Al icl' this' has occnrrcd the lever on is operated and the electric spark connnllllicntcd to the spark plne by closing the circuit. The circuit is then brokcn and the [lame continues to burn as long, as the proper amount of air, is maintained. A'l ter the by-pass projection T0 is int into operation the lhrcadcd rod 23 is released l'rom the piston 2; and the latter immcdialcly riscslhcrcby moving; the valve It so as to allow the charge to comc in contact with thc [lame l'rom the by pas-i projection T0. 'hcncvcn the mixture rcdnircs more air in proporlio" to gas the auxiliary air ports 1 aml are opcncd which incrcascslhcuir ro orlion to the gas and upon operating; the second handle the air is again changed to a diii'erenh proportion of gas.

The charge burning internally will create l a trememflons heat and in order to prevent; the heat from reaching over a certain point to which it can'be safely worked in the engine the burning charge is conveyed through the injection tube 27 which is snrrounded by the water jackct To. This causes the burning charge to lose a portion olf its heat, which is given to the water, thus causing the water to quickly rise to the boiling point which is about 388* 1*. at .200 lbs. per square inch. The injection tube 27 is oi. such a length that the products of eonibnstion are completely lJlll'lllHl up by the time they leave said tube. .U'tcr leaving the tube ET the burned gas passes into the extension chamber 2% and from thcre through opening 28' to the generator where it immediately mixes with the steam and passes through the tubes 29 under water to the casino :io, from whence it passes through the tube to the engine. The tubes 29 prevent any possible danger of the heated gas coming into con' tact with the engine until the steam passes through with it since the gcnerator is thorinighly steam jacketed and there is little heat by external radiation. Fln'thernure the heat that the air pressure givcs oil when operated is transmitted to the water that is circulated about the cylinder (3. This water is led direct to the generator whi h cll'ccts another saving.

it is evident that-as the water comes to a boiling point about 385% i". the burning temperature cannot greatly exceed this tourperaturc. Furllicrrnorc. the charge bcinp mixed with the steam it givcs the steam more body and prevents it lrom condensing quickly as otherwise would be the case in an external generator or boilcr as it is commonly called.

The air chambcr it is necessary in order to coinpcnsalc tor the rclnrn llow ot' l'ael From the gcncralingg' chamber iii. The air chalnbcr fil serves in turn to force the fuel back into tlic fucl 'i'ccdcr IlT.

What i claim is:-

l. in an engine ol the kind described, a. p mbnstion chamber scparalc l'rom the en ginc provided with air and gas inlet ports. an air l'ccd valve chest. :1 balance piston rod extending through said valvc'chcst. a valve on said rod closing said ports. a cylinder, a piston localcd in said cylinder on the end ol said piston rod, a steam pipe conncctcd with said cylinder. and an adjusting screw projecting into said cylinder and adapted to lock said piston rod and valve.

2. ln an engine oi the kind dcscribcd a combustion chamber scparatc from thc cu .e'inc providcd with air and gas intake ports.

and a .g'as e'cncralingg' chamber having it bottom ljormcd ot a metallic plate, mcans l'or ltlt) ill) h eating said plate, means for supplying fuel to said generating chamber, and means for autonimtically withdrawing the excessive fuel supplied to said generating chamber.

in an engine of the kind described, an air compressing cylinder having a Water jacket, an air supply reservoir connected with said cylinder, a generator located therein, an expansion chamber opening" into the upper part of the generator, and an injector pipe extending longitudinally in said generating chamber and opening into said expansion chamber, a water acket surrounding said injector pipe, and a pipe connecting the water jacket of the compressing cylinder with the generator for supplying water to said :icket.

l. i. gas engine, an air compressor operated by said gas engine, a combustion chamber located at a point away from the gas engine, means for supplying air and gas separately to said combustion chamber, means for regulating the pressure ofthe air delivered to said combustion chamber, a gas generator connected with said combustion chamber, means for automatically regulating the supply of gas to said generating chamber, a generator connected with said combustion chamber, means for conducting the luurned products of combustion to said generating chamber, means for reducing the heat of said products of combustion as they are passed through said generating chamber, and mingling steam therewith, and means for conducting the said mingled steam and cooled products oi? combustion to the gas engine.

5. in an apparatus of the kind described, a gas engine having); a cylinder, a piston and piston rod projecting out of said cylinder, an air compression cylinder and piston mounted on the end of said piston rod of the gas engine, an air reservoir connected with said air compressing cylinder, a combustiou chamber local ed at a point remote from the gas engine, a turd supply tank, an automatic fuel teed regulator connected with the air reservoir, an overflow pipe connect-- inesaid regulator with the fuel supply tank, a supply pipe connecting said regulator with" the tool supply tank, a pump connected uith said fuel supply pipe, a gas generatiun chamber adjacent to said combustion chamber, a supply pipe connecting said Fuel twdrcgulaior with said generating cluun her, an air supply pipe connecting said air reservoir with said combustion chamber, means for separately delivering and air to said combustion chamber, a. generator connected with said combustion chamberpan injector pipe located in said. generator and connected with said combustion chamber, an expansion chamber in nected with said injector pipe and with'the upper part of said generator, pipes connectsaid generator con ing the upper part of the generator with a casing therein, said pipes'and said injector pipe each having a water jacket, and a pipe leading from the casing in the generator to said cylinder of the gas engine for conducting thereto a mixture of steam and the burned products of combustion.

6. In an apparatus ofthe kind described,

a gas engine with a cylinder and piston,a

compressed air cylinder and piston operated by said gas engine piston, an air reservoir connected with said air compressing cylinder having a water jacket, an air pressure regulator connecting said cylinder with said air reservoir, an automatic? fuel feed regulator connected withsaid air reservoir, a generator'having an expansion chamber con necting with the upper part of the generator, an injector pipe extending longitudinally in said generator and communicating with said expansion chamber, a pipe located-'- in said generator and having an open end in the upper part of said generator COHIIDUIlleating with said expansion chamber, said pipe extending backward and forward in said generator, a casing in the upper part of said generator into which the other" end of' said pipe opens, :1 water jacket surrounding said injectorpipe, and said last named pipe, :1 water circulating pipe connected with the jacket ofthe air compressing cylinder and with said generator, a pipe connected with said casing in the generator and with the engine cylinder, a steam pipe connected with said casing in the generator, means for feeding air and gas separately to the combustion chamber, and means for regulating the supply of air andgas thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto athx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. S'lltlt l lT.

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